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@§«....... .......«§@
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##@@@§\«~. .~«\§@@@##
####@@\«~. .~«\@@####
#@\««~.... THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ....~««\@#
#@§«~..... LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. .....~«§@#
#@@\««~~.. ..~~««\@@#
#@§\««.... ######################################## ....««\§@#
#@§§«~.... ........................................ ....~«§§@#
##@§§\«~.. ..~«\§§@##
###@@§\«~. MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF .~«\§@@###
@@§\\~.... THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ....~\\§@@
#@§\\~.... UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND ....~\\§@#
###@@§\«~. POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. .~«\§@@###
@@\««««... ...««««\@@
#@§\«..... .....«\§@#
###@@§\«~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. ~ PROPERTIES ~ .~«\§@@###
#@@@@§\«~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .~«\§@@@@#
@@@@\\~... ...~\\@@@@
@@§§§«.... THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY ....«§§§@@
@§\~...... VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ......~\§@
#@@§§«~~.. SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A ..~~«§§@@#
@§§««..... MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. .....««§§@
#@@@@§\«~. .~«\§@@@@#
@@\\~..... IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS .....~\\@@
@@§\~..... STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. .....~\§@@
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
#@§§««.... ....««§§@#
#@@\~..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .....~\@@#
###@@§\«~. ~ COLLECTION ~ .~«\§@@###
@@@\~~.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ....~~\@@@
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER .~«\§@@###
@§§\\\\«~. THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS .~«\\\\§§@
@§\\\~.... PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE ....~\\\§@
#@§««..... PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF .....««§@#
@§«~~..... AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND .....~~«§@
###@@§\«~. HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
@@§§«~.... MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND ....~«§§@@
###@@§\«~. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN .~«\§@@###
@§«~...... HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ......~«§@
#@@§««.... MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ....««§@@#
###@@§\«~. MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
####@§\«~. .~«\§@####
#@@@\~~~.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..~~~\@@@#
####@§\«~. ~ AS A DRUG ~ .~«\§@####
@@\«...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ......«\@@
@@@@§««~.. ..~««§@@@@
###@@§\«~. . ONE SPOON . .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. ..... .~«\§@@###
##@@@§\«~. THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN .~«\§@@@##
###@@§\«~. THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) .~«\§@@###
@@@@§§\«~. DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES .~«\§§@@@@
#@@@§«~... SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED ...~«§@@@#
###@@§\«~. ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. CONFUSING. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. . FOUR SPOONS . .~«\§@@###
##@@@§\«~. ..... .~«\§@@@##
###@@§\«~. MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). .~«\§@@###
#@@\\«.... INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, ....«\\@@#
@@@\«..... ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE .....«\@@@
#@@\~~.... SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY ....~~\@@#
###@@§\«~. (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY .~«\§@@###
####@§\«~. TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO .~«\§@####
###@@§\«~. INCLINED). .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. . SEVEN SPOONS . .~«\§@@###
@§§\~..... ..... .....~\§§@
###@@§\«~. THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE .~«\§@@###
@@\\«~.... THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE ....~«\\@@
###@@§\«~. IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY .~«\§@@###
#@§\\~.... SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS ....~\\§@#
@@\~...... ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO ......~\@@
@@\\~..... DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR .....~\\@@
#@\~~~.... LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE ....~~~\@#
#@@\«««~.. BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING ..~«««\@@#
###@@§\«~. WATER. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
@@@\\~.... . NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE . ....~\\@@@
###@@§\«~. ..... .~«\§@@###
#@\~~~.... OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, ....~~~\@#
###@@§\«~. AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH .~«\§@@###
#@@@@§\«~. UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED .~«\§@@@@#
#@@§\~~~~. OR NOT FORMED. .~~~~\§@@#
@§\~...... ......~\§@
##@@@§\«~. .~«\§@@@##
###@@§\«~. ~~~~~~~~~~~ .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. ~ DANGERS ~ .~«\§@@###
#@\«~~~... ~~~~~~~~~~~ ...~~~«\@#
####@§\«~. .~«\§@####
@@§§§«.... MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - ....«§§§@@
###@@§\«~. THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE .~«\§@@###
@@@§\«.... FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER ....«\§@@@
#@@@\\\«~. DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU .~«\\\@@@#
@§«~~~.... WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO ....~~~«§@
#@\««~.... MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING ....~««\@#
###@@§\«~. PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
@@\\~..... PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES .....~\\@@
@@@§«..... FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE .....«§@@@
#@@\~..... CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE .....~\@@#
###@@§\«~. POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS .~«\§@@###
@@@§§\~... ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... ...~\§§@@@
@§«....... WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT .......«§@
###@@§\«~. POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE .~«\§@@###
@@§««..... LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, .....««§@@
###@@§\«~. ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. .~«\§@@###
@@\««..... .....««\@@
#@§\~..... LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE .....~\§@#
#@@\«~.... TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ....~«\@@#
###@@§\«~. OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED .~«\§@@###
##@@§«.... BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS ....«§@@##
####@§\«~. LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE .~«\§@####
##@@\\«~.. THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ..~«\\@@##
####@@§\~. ARE DEAD AND GONE. .~\§@@####
#@§««..... .....««§@#
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
###@@§\«~. .~«\§@@###
@@\\\~.... ....~\\\@@
@@@\\«.... ....«\\@@@
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